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This is page vi of the preface to the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. reprint, version 1. This page is all text. except for the header which reads "PREFACE".

This is page vii of the preface to the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. reprint, version 1. This page is all text except for the header which reads "PREFACE".

This is the viii page of the preface to the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. reprint, version 1. The page is all text except for a header which reads "PREFACE" and an excerpt from Herbert approximately 2/3 down the page.

This is page ix of the preface to the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co.reprint, version 1.

This is page x of the preface to the he [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. reprint, version 1. The page is full of text except for the header which says "PREFACE" and an excerpt from George Herbert in the middle of the page, "Religion stand on tiptoe in our land, Ready to pass to the American strand."

This is the last page of the preface to the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. reprint, version 1. The top right corner is marked with the pages' roman numeral. At the end of the text the author of the preface, Charles B. Tayler, is named. Underneath Tayler is written "Otley Rectory, Ipswich, Dec. 23rd, 1853." 

This is the verso of page xi of the preface to the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. reprint, version 1. It is blank and intact.

This is the first page of text in the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. reprint, version 1. The title of the book appears approximately 1/4 down the page. Underneath the title is a plain zierrat which separates the book title from "CHAPTER I". Underneath the chapter is the last verse from Longfellow's "It is not Always May". Below the poem is where the chapter starts.

This first page of text from the 1853 Charles H. Clarke and Samuel O. Beeton begins with the title of the novel at approximately 1/4 down the page. Underneath appears a simple zierrat which then leads to the Chapter number. Underneath the chapter is an excerpt from Longfellow's "It Is Not Always May":

"Enjoy the spring of love and youth

    To some good angel leave the rest,

For time will teach thee soon the truth,

    'There are no birds in last year's nest.'

                                           LONGFELLOW."

This is the recto of the back advertisement in the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. reprint, version 1. The page is blank except for some minor foxing. There is a tear on the upper right hand corner.